Quick Summer Side Dish: Spicy Corn with Mustard Seeds

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Fresh corn sauteed with chiles and mustard seeds

When did weekends become all about running around and less about sitting around? A few months ago, almost ten years after our first baby arrived and we’d parted ways with leisurely weekend mornings, we resubscribed to the Sunday New York Times. I like seeing the blue plastic bundle waiting for me on the front stoop – it gives the impression that I am a person who has time to read the newspaper.

I can’t say I’ve ever managed to read the whole paper; a half hour spent with the Book Review and the Arts and Leisure section on Sunday mornings seems to be my limit before I’m off and on with the day.

This past Sunday, my promise to grill ribs for dinner had to be postponed at the last minute, as I found myself at Home Depot shopping for home improvement projects right around dinner time. Time for Plan B! I made a quick dash to the store to buy some chicken to throw on the grill and fresh corn for 25 cents an ear.

This recipe sounds fantastic. Cumin is one of my favorite spices however, I never really think to use mustard seeds in very much. I think I’m going to have to pick up a copy of this book. I love Indian, but sometimes the recipes can be a bit daunting. But these sound great.